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Water-storage renewal

Completed work and planned renewals

Tank and tower maintenance combines recent coating work with upcoming renewal and equipment projects.

Project images and plans

A blue West Des Moines water tower viewed from a residential street.
Historical infrastructure context

Water-network context

West Des Moines water-tower context, published by Commonwealth Electric in September 2023. This is not a photograph of the current 50th/88th/98th Street renewal work.

Source: Commonwealth Electric Company of the Midwest · Technical derivative only: proportional downsample with Lanczos and JPEG quality 86; no scene edit, crop, retouch, or generated content. Responsive WebP copy.View original source
Service area
Citywide water storageSource
Program stage
Completed work and planned renewalsSource 1Source 2
Source period
October 2026Source

Projects & phases

50th Street tower painting
Work completed in 2026; acceptance recommendation in the October 19 packet.Source
88th Street tower painting
Preparing for 2027 bidding.Source
98th Street tank mixer
Design complete; procurement proposed.Source

What matters next

Program status
Completed work and planned renewals.Source 1Source 2
Next milestone
Updated agency schedules, adopted capital plans and phase-completion notices.
Project context

Tank and tower maintenance combines recent coating work with upcoming renewal and equipment projects.

Project milestones

Documented program stage

Tank and tower maintenance combines recent coating work with upcoming renewal and equipment projects.

Source

Documents & sources

Official records and reporting, with access limitations noted.

October project progress reportThrough October 14, 202650th Street acceptance communicationOctober 19, 2026 packet

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